Grading The Draft: 2006

by Chiefsfan85 on May 29, 2010 8:15 PM CDT

I honestly think that it takes a while before you can truly grade a draft. Here I took the draft of 2006 to grade. While you'll find some names you know you'll also find names you don't know. Below you will find my thoughts, some stats, and the final grade of our 2006 draft. This might have done before but just another fan's perspective.

Tamba Hali (1st round, 20th overall)

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Probably the best pick in the Herm-era. In four years he's played 3 positions (LDE, RDE, OLB) and put up 27 sacks and 14 forced fumbles. He is always putting pressure on the QB and is often held especially by Ryan Clady. He put up his best season (new position) last year and is only getting better. He doesn't put up a lot of tackles or isn't that great in coverage but he does his job and that is killing the QB.

Bernard Pollard (2nd round, 54th overall)

via www.kcchiefsblog.com

It is sad that the only real thing a player gave to your team was your new "franchise" QB in a weird way of fate. He was let go before last season and went on with the Texans. He had his best year yet for another team. If he would have stayed we probably wouldn't have got Berry. So let us thank Pollard for being crappy for us.

Brodie Croyle (3rd round, 85th overall)

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For a player that has only 300 career throws you really can't say much. He has had problems with injury and that has affected him. He has a big arm and seems now to be a really good backup. Every year there seems to be a "Start Croyle cause he is the best football player that ever lived" thread. If he becomes more vocal and can take care of himself then I trust him to come in as a backup. After, the Ravens game last year he gave me more confidence but still needs more work.

Marcus Maxey (5th round, 154th overall)

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I appoligize for the small picture but it turns out that not many pictures are available for a guy who has no NFL stats. He was waived by the Chiefs twice and the Bears once. He was a failure on all levels. I could have put up more stats in the NFL. I mean come on it's not like he was undrafted or even a 7th rounder. 5TH ROUND!

Tre' Stallings (6th round, 186th overall)

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It seems like the 5th round and 6th round this year just sucked for us. Tre' is another example of a "horrible" player. He was just recently on the Balitmore Ravens practice squad and I'm not sure if that still stands. He also has no stats in an NFL game.

Jeff Webb (6th round, 190th overall)

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Jeff Webb probably had "some" potential but with only 36 career catches and 1 touchdown it was never held true. He was probably drafted to be a return man but he didn't fair out so well in that area either. I'm not sure if he is a free agent or not since he didn't play last year for anyone.

Jarrad Page (7th round, 228th overall)

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If he signs his tender then he will start this year and florish beside Berry. It seems like he wins us a lot of games against the Raiders. We shouldn't have expected much for a 7th rounder but he has been pretty solid for us. More consistant than Pollard ever was. He has 10 career interceptions, 29 passes defended, and 4 forced fumbles in 4 years. I hope he signs and plays this year because we need him.

Overall Grade: B -

I give this draft a B- for a couple of reasons. We still have Hali and he is only getting better. He is about the only real pass rusher we have on our team. Croyle is a solid backup and will be for years to come. Pollard did help a little bit when he was with us. Page is consistant and will get better with more talent around him. He has also played well in the clutch against division rivals. The other three didn't pan out so well but Webb did have a few catches in there unlike statless Maxey and Stallings. What would you give our 2006 draft?

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What would you give the 2006 draft for the Kansas City Chiefs?

A

6 votes

B

63 votes

C

90 votes

D

20 votes

F

2 votes

181 votes | Poll has closed

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I gave it a "C"

C represents “Average” on a real grading scale and these results are certainly no better than average. Given the limited on-field results from the 2nd – 6th rounders, I would lean more towards a solid C- bordering on a D.

by RrustyDawg on May 29, 2010 8:45 PM CDT reply actions

I would have given it an A ...

If it hadn’t been for the whole Jeff Webb extravaganza. Man, he used to piss me off.

by Chiefsfan1970 on May 29, 2010 8:51 PM CDT reply actions

who would you take now ???

1 Houston Texans Mario Williams Defensive End North Carolina State
2 New Orleans Saints Reggie Bush Running back USC
3 Tennessee Titans Vince Young Quarterback Texas
4 New York Jets D’Brickashaw Ferguson Offensive Tackle Virginia
5 Green Bay Packers A. J. Hawk Linebacker Ohio State
6 San Francisco 49ers Vernon Davis Tight End Maryland
7 Oakland Raiders Michael Huff Safety Texas
8 Buffalo Bills Donte Whitner Safety Ohio State
9 Detroit Lions Ernie Sims Linebacker Florida State
10 Arizona Cardinals Matt Leinart Quarterback USC
11 Denver Broncos (from St. Louis Rams) Jay Cutler Quarterback Vanderbilt
12 Baltimore Ravens (from Cleveland Browns) Haloti Ngata Defensive Tackle Oregon
13 Cleveland Browns (from Baltimore) Kamerion Wimbley Defensive End Florida State
14 Philadelphia Eagles Brodrick Bunkley Defensive Tackle Florida State
15 St. Louis Rams (from Atlanta Falcons via Denver) Tye Hill Cornerback Clemson
16 Miami Dolphins Jason Allen Safety Tennessee
17 Minnesota Vikings Chad Greenway Linebacker Iowa
18 Dallas Cowboys Bobby Carpenter Linebacker Ohio State
19 San Diego Chargers Antonio Cromartie Cornerback Florida State
20 Kansas City Chiefs Tamba Hali Defensive End Penn State
21 New England Patriots Laurence Maroney Running back Minnesota
22 San Francisco 49ers (from Washington Redskins via Denver) Manny Lawson Linebacker North Carolina State
23 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Davin Joseph Guard Oklahoma
24 Cincinnati Bengals Johnathan Joseph Cornerback South Carolina
25 Pittsburgh Steelers (from New York Giants) Santonio Holmes* Wide Receiver Ohio State
26 Buffalo Bills (from Chicago Bears) John McCargo Defensive Tackle North Carolina State
27 Carolina Panthers DeAngelo Williams Running back Memphis
28 Jacksonville Jaguars Marcedes Lewis Tight End UCLA
29 New York Jets (from Denver via Atlanta) Nick Mangold Center Ohio State
30 Indianapolis Colts Joseph Addai Running back LSU
31 Seattle Seahawks Kelly Jennings Cornerback Miami (Florida)
32 New York Giants (from Pittsburgh) Mathias Kiwanuka Defensive End Boston College

33 Houston DeMeco Ryans Linebacker Alabama
34 Cleveland (from New Orleans) D’Qwell Jackson Linebacker Maryland
35 Washington (from New York Jets) Rocky McIntosh Linebacker Miami (Florida)
36 New England (from Green Bay) Chad Jackson Wide Receiver Florida
37 Atlanta (from San Francisco via Denver and Green Bay) Jimmy Williams Cornerback Virginia Tech
38 Oakland Thomas Howard Linebacker UTEP
39 Philadelphia (from Tennessee) Winston Justice Offensive Tackle Southern California
40 Detroit Daniel Bullocks Safety Nebraska
41 Arizona Taitusi Lutui Guard Southern California
42 Chicago (from Buffalo) Danieal Manning Safety Abilene Christian
43 New Orleans (from Cleveland) Roman Harper Safety Alabama
44 New York Giants (from Baltimore) Sinorice Moss Wide Receiver Miami (Florida)
45 Tennessee (from Philadelphia) LenDale White Running back USC
46 St. Louis Rams Joe Klopfenstein Tight End Colorado
47 Green Bay (from Atlanta) Daryn Colledge Offensive Tackle Boise State
48 Minnesota Cedric Griffin Cornerback Texas
49 New York Jets (from Dallas) Kellen Clemens Quarterback Oregon
50 San Diego Marcus McNeill Offensive Tackle Auburn
51 Minnesota (from Miami) Ryan Cook Center New Mexico
52 Green Bay (from New England) Greg Jennings Wide Receiver Western Michigan
53 Dallas (from New York Jets) Anthony Fasano Tight End Notre Dame
54 Kansas City Bernard Pollard Safety Purdue
55 Cincinnati Andrew Whitworth Offensive Tackle LSU
56 Baltimore (from New York Giants) Chris Chester Center Oklahoma
57 Chicago Devin Hester Cornerback Miami (Florida)
58 Carolina Richard Marshall Cornerback Fresno State
59 Tampa Bay Jeremy Trueblood Offensive Tackle Boston College
60 Jacksonville Maurice Jones-Drew Running back UCLA
61 Denver Tony Scheffler Tight End Western Michigan
62 Indianapolis Tim Jennings Cornerback Georgia
63 Seattle Darryl Tapp Defensive End Virginia Tech
64 Minnesota (from Pittsburgh) Tarvaris Jackson Quarterback Alabama State

by julien_55_49 on May 29, 2010 9:11 PM CDT reply actions

Well first round..

I wouldn’t give up Hali. Second round we should have grabbed Scheffler although at the time we didn’t need a TE.

Jamaal Charles...Enough said.

by Chiefsfan85 on May 29, 2010 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions

MJD + LJ!??!?

dhalsim, beat the game
level 8, hella geat

by YogaFlame on May 29, 2010 10:02 PM CDT up reply actions

Would take...

Tamba Hali.

R.I.P. Derrick Thomas. The Chiefs and the World have never been the same since your untimely death.

by ChiefsFan90s on May 29, 2010 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions

the only guys i can see...

nick mangold in the first… and MJD in the second…

7-9 this year... 9-7 if we get lucky!! GO CHIEFS!!

by Abyssmal on May 30, 2010 12:44 AM CDT up reply actions

looking back i would go with Jonathan Joseph and Eric Winston.

Winston was selected with the 3rd pick in the 3rd round and he is as solid of a RT as you can have. Jonathan Joseph is a shutdown quality corner and at pick 20 that is a solid pickup. Sad that we passed on him due to having Ty Law and Patrick Surtain both aging players.

1st – Jonathan Joseph CB
2nd- Eric Winston RT
3rd- Owen Daniels TE
4th- (No Herm Edwards) Elvis Dumervil DE / LB
5h- Omar Gaither LB
6th- Antoine Bethea S
6th- Cortland Finnegan CB
7th- Jarrad Page S

Wow what a great draft that fell into place there of course hindsight is perfect but Dumervil opposite Allen with Finnegan and Joseph learning beside Law and Surtain. Bethea and Page both capable safeties and Gaither a solid 4-3 LB’er not to mention an offense with Priest / LJ, TG, and Owen Daniels.

You can draft defensive line to stop a player at the line.
You can draft linebackers to stop a player 3-4 yards down the field.
Or you can draft a safety to tackle him 15 yards down the field.
I'll take the first two any day.

by ChiefsfanJon on May 30, 2010 12:56 AM CDT up reply actions

Without using hindsight...

…I’d go with Hali again in the first round. I thought he was a solid, albeit unsexy, pick there, and even using hindsight, he was still a darn good pick. I thought Pollard was a pretty lame pick at the time, and I still believe that now. I think at the time I was pulling for a few guys who did pan out (Chris Chester, Charles Spencer, Max Jean-Gilles, etc.) and a few that didn’t (Eric Winston, Derek Hagan, Ashton Youboty, Daryl Tapp, etc.). Of course, some of those who did pan out with other teams probably wouldn’t have with KC, and some who didn’t pan out with other teams might have with KC. Coaching makes a big difference.

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by burntorangehorn on May 30, 2010 12:48 PM CDT up reply actions

my answers!

1- nick mangold, no question
2&3- whoever between maurice jones drew, brandon marshall, elvis dumervil, jahri evans

by julien_55_49 on May 29, 2010 9:17 PM CDT reply actions

Would give a C grade.

50% being the lowest.

1. Tamba Hali: 85%
2. Bernard Pollard: 75%
3. Brodie Croyle: 70%
5. Marcus Maxey: 50%
6. Tre Stallings: 60%
6. Jeff Webb: 70%
7. Jarrad Page: 95%

85+75+70+50+60+70+95=505/7=72.1%=C

R.I.P. Derrick Thomas. The Chiefs and the World have never been the same since your untimely death.

by ChiefsFan90s on May 29, 2010 10:06 PM CDT reply actions

Page over Hali?

Please explain.

Jamaal Charles...Enough said.

by Chiefsfan85 on May 29, 2010 10:26 PM CDT up reply actions

I think it makes a lot of sense

Jarrad Page has performed far, far better relative to his draft position than Tamba Hali has. Hali has performed about on par with expectations of the #20-overall pick. He has neither exceeded nor failed to meet expectations, although he was pretty disappointing in 2008 and pretty good in 2009. But Page was one of the last few picks in the draft, and has been a pretty good player. That’s pretty clearly exceeding expectations of his draft position.

by burntorangehorn on May 29, 2010 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions

Maybe...

I guess it just depends on how you look at it. Either way, I’m happy that we have both.

Jamaal Charles...Enough said.

by Chiefsfan85 on May 29, 2010 11:11 PM CDT up reply actions

Exactly

R.I.P. Derrick Thomas. The Chiefs and the World have never been the same since your untimely death.

by ChiefsFan90s on Jun 3, 2010 5:28 PM CDT up reply actions

How does Croyle get 70%?

We gave up a 3rd round pick for a back-up QB, and waisted 3 years trying to make him a starter.

by bringbacktheglory on May 30, 2010 8:44 AM CDT up reply actions

Brodie Croyle is one of the better back-up QBs, has a lot of talent when he can stay on the field, and that would have been an A in the 5th-7th rounds, a B in the 4th round, a C in the 3rd round, D in the 2nd round, and F in the 1st round. Croyle is a good player, we just have a problem with him staying healthy.

R.I.P. Derrick Thomas. The Chiefs and the World have never been the same since your untimely death.

by ChiefsFan90s on Jun 3, 2010 5:35 PM CDT up reply actions